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McGregor's character paradoxically gets too much and not enough. Swede feels clogged with sentiment for his daughter, with little room for other emotions.

This is about car/motorbike chases, ruthless corruption at the highest level, a focused defense of one man’s pursuit of truth and ... the hint of romance.

With tongue firmly in cheek Cold Souls thrives off the irony and contradictions that plague its protagonist.

Fracture is clever, masterfully controlled by an actor whose love affair with the camera never seems to wane.

The eventual climactic monster showdown is everything a Godzilla fan could hope for.

The plot rots in its own historical juices.

Good Night, And Good Luck proves that it is still possible in the cinema, if not in television, to inform without being boring and entertain without condescending.

The real standout performance is Franco’s.

John Sayles... ability to create flawed romantics with brooding secrets that lurk in the shadow of danger is remarkable.

Spielberg, as he is very good at, goes out on a limb to walk a tightrope of his own making between melodrama and sinewy storytelling.

What is unexpected in this self-conscious pander to the cult of genre cinema is the violence. It lacks the dignity of constraint.

This is one of those films where you wait for someone to fall off a horse.

Aesthetically this film is an absolute joy to watch. Somehow though, my satisfaction with the story didn’t match my sensory pleasure.

From its first kindlings it draws breath from your lungs as surely and as steadily as it draws your eyes.

What worked so well in The Rider, namely that people were playing versions of themselves, falls flat because of the casting of McDormand in the lead.

Retaining the waspish asides of the first movie but able to bring much more fragility to the fore, Smith effortlessly exposes a contradictory combination of fear and bravery that many older people will find familiar.

One of the best children's films for years.

A straightforward, by-the-numbers sports movie designed to boost Kleenex sales.

With no reason to fear for her safety, the bulk of the film feels like a soap opera.

A serviceable family film.